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Messy Moments
It was because of a three year old’s expectorant cough that I came to see the moments captured in mess. Mess #1. On the chesterfield. Under the cushions. I had to scrub. Her first. Then the cushions. Feeling better, she requested pancakes. Sure. It’s Saturday. The furniture can wait. Flour, salt, sugar, milk, maple syrup.…
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International Reading Association Pre-Conference Institute #IRA14
On Friday, May 9th, I’ll be presenting a round-table session as part of the Pre-Conference Institute entitled, Intentional Teaching with Technology to Increase Understanding, Empathy and Engagement. I’ll have thoughts to share about what I learn at the institute myself, but for now, I’m posting the resources that I have prepared for attendees at my…
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#Print2Pixel Unconference, University of New Haven
I just had a terrific conversation with teachers at the second annual #Print2Pixel conference, hosted by Ian O’Byrne and his colleagues at the University of New Haven. During our session, we discussed a few key ideas: 1) Maker spaces in libraries (an awesome idea!) 2) Maker activities in science classrooms that apprentice students into professional…
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Repost from Reading Today: The Maker Movement and English Language Arts
For the last couple of years, I have been a member of the International Reading Association’s Technology Integration in Literacy Education Special Interest Group, aka the TILE-SIG. As a community, we blog about ideas connected to literacies, technology, teaching and learning. I was so excited about the Maker Faire we [the Master’s in Educational Technology…
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Sew Green: Sew White at #MACUL14
The Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) conference kicks off tomorrow and my colleague Leigh Graves Wolf and I will be hosting a mini maker faire at our Master’s in Educational Technology booth in the MACUL exhibition hall (booth #124). If you’re interested in learning how to create a felt badge that lights…
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How to Make a Paper Circuit from your MACUL Name Badge
This Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (March 12-14) I will be at the Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) Conference in Grand Rapids, MI. Unlike most conferences where I present sessions, at this conference, I will be at the Master’s in Educational Technology Booth (124) in the Exhibition Hall hosting a Mini Maker Faire…
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The Bridge Webinar Series: Games and Learning
This week, I had the pleasure to moderate a conversation among colleagues on the topic of Digital Games and Learning. Colin Gallagher, an alumnus of the Master’s of Educational Technology Program and Instructor in our Graduate Certificate in Educational Technology Program, Mete Akcaoglu, Assistant Professor at Western Virginia University and PhD Alumnus of the Educational…
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Queen’s University: Rosa Bruno-Jofré Workshop Presentations
Leigh Graves Wolf and I will be presenting our take on “Conquering the Online Presentation.” at the Rosa Bruno-Jofré Symposium in Education at Queens University. The slides from our presentation are linked below. One external source we referenced is the fantastic viral infographic from Lemonly explaining “How Not to Look Ugly on a Webcam” Here…
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Making Connections and Presentations
I’ve been away from my blog for what seems like an eternity — over a month — but it has been rather busy chez nous. On December 2, I successfully defended my dissertation [insert the feelings you may have felt on that day yourself, or the feelings you expect you would feel about that kind…
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“Cotion: This is a privat space”
Today is American Thanksgiving and I’m thankful for so many things, but in this moment, I feel especially thankful for the way that language gives me access to my daughter’s inner life, to her imagination and to the ways that she is growing as writer. After bedtime stories, I returned to my familiar evening working…